Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-03-29

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and l take it that there is now
greater hope than ever, because
they have SO much unopened
ground above that level to tackle.
The recent discoveries of ore bodies
in the Consolidated California. Saw
age, Potosi and other mines which
at times have so excited the stock
market prove this.
Il will give you an. instance"
continued Mr.. Spring. I'm con-.
versatIon with Superintendent Pat
ton of the Consolidated California
yesterday, he told me that several
years ago they reached, on the 1875
level, heavy clay wall which they
ran along for quite a distance.
They took this to be the East clay
of the vein and abandoned opera.
tons. How was the result? This
supposed East clay has been ascer-
tanned to be the West clay wall of
the large deposit OF good ore which
was found several months ago, in
the East country where they are
now working. Had they sent an
East erosscut through the clay they
would have found this ore several
years ago"
Did you inspect the Consolidated
California, and 0phir?' asked tho
APPEAL reporter.
No. l did not want to put Mr..
Patton into the position of having
to refuse me admittancc because [
knew that it is a standing rule of
the management to keep out all exf
cept favored few. Accordingly
| did not ask him. Besides there
are others who are stock holders who
are more entitled to go in than / am
and it would be wrong to allow me
to go in and keep them out. The
principle, however, 10 wrong for
every shareholder should be allowed
to inspect his property. As it is
we have to take the hints winks and
mods of others that the miae 10 all |
right, as its large bullion product
and dividends thus far indicate.
But when investors must travel in
the dark no great and lasting conf |
dence need be expected. 1t is a
wrong policy to hide light under |
the bHshel
How about the gas and 6re?"
Mr.. Patten told me that they |
were about to experiment with car
bonlc acid gas as means of putting |
out the long smouldering Ere. The !
gas however does not interfere with
the present work So long as the
citizens of Virginia City can see
this gas escaping from the outlet |
on top Of the Consolidated Califor-
mia works they may feel safe that |
all the work is going on we'll below.
But the moment they see No gas
coming out, it will be evidence
that the miners must leave the |
lower levels or be asphvxiated. |
There is much good ore In the re-
gion of the fire that they would !
like to get at, but Mr.. Patten says
there is plenty of it in other parts
and that the mine is looking finely |
In general sense He, however,
eommends the managers below, for
paying so cent dividend instead |
of 81 monthly.
What were the principal mines
that you examined? asked the AP-
PEAL reporter.
| went through tbs Savage. They |
have 6ne chimney of ore which
they are raising in and stopping out,
below and above the 600 level. |
Above the 600 they were up about
40 feet last Saturday. The vein
SO far exposed is about twelve feet
or two sets of timbers wide. / took
samples from all sides and from
the roof and the average of my as
says was $50 per ton. They have
also favorable showing on the 800
level, where the quartz is improv-
ing in value in several places. On
the 1200levelthsy have drifted north
80 feet in Savage ground nearly all
in a fine body of quartz which
showed last night when I saw it
some black sulphuret ore in the face.
A west crosscut No. 2. has been run
In the vein some 60 feet and shnwa